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By Afrobella.com

Makeup lovers have been buzzing this week over the big news — venerable cosmetics brand Fashion Fair has hired legendary makeup artist Sam Fine to be their creative makeup director.

Photo above and info below via WWD:

“Fashion Fair Cosmetics has appointed celebrity makeup artist Sam Fine as its creative makeup director. The Chicago-based prestige cosmetics brand for women of color is tapping Fine, a 20-year industry veteran, to bring his experience with the fashion editorial world, global beauty brands and celebrities to Fashion Fair’s consumers. Fine will also advise on the creation of new products and, in 2012, Fashion Fair will unveil Sam Fine for Fashion Fair trend collections.”

I literally gasped and clutched at pearls I wasn’t even wearing when I read the news. Fresh life hs been brought to the Fashion Fair brand and I’m truly excited to see what this brings. I hope this brings big, exciting change for Fashion Fair, for the beauty scene in Chicago, and for we, the consumers.

I hope that Sam truly gets to execute his vision as he sees it, because I KNOW whatever it is, it’s an awesome vision. I’m psyched to see some true innovation coming from a brand that has been a favorite in my family through the generations.

When I think Fashion Fair, I think of classic cosmetics. Those beautiful vintage ads. Pink marbled packaging. Vantex. I also think of a very finite range of colors in terms of eye and lip cosmetics. So I hope this means Fashion Fair steps up and truly becomes a brand that younger women of color can look to as a trendsetter at the department store counters.

I hope to see the brand stepping away from the traditional coppers and browns and bronzes and moving towards some truly HOT new shades of eye and lip colors. I’m hoping to see lighter blends of foundation in a wider range of shades. I’m expecting awesomeness. And I am SUPER excited for Sam, because he is just all around a great guy.

What do you think, bellas? What do you hope to see from the new Sam Fine for Fashion Fair collections?

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Nicki Minaj’s Branding Power Decoded

By BlackEnterprise.com

Most may view Nicki Minaj as just another rapper/singer/performer; but the multi-faceted entertainer is much more than that, she’s a bankable brand that’s only just begun to blossom. In a few short years, Nicki has influenced trends through her music and unmistakable fashion sense, and her involvement in cosmetics, television, hair and even the floral industry (Nicki has exclusive pink collection bouquets available on flowers.com for Valentine’s Day) has helped spike sales and visibility for a number of ancillary brands. Whether her detractors like it or not, Ms. Minaj is a one-woman marketing guru. BlackEnterprise.com takes a look at some of the brands the young starlet has—directly or indirectly—helped bolster by association.

Ridiculous L'Oréal Ad Stars Beyonce, Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Alba, Jane Fonda And Just About Everyone Else

The Future Forward says it can identify Beyoncé, Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Alba, Freida Pinto, Claudia Schiffer, Rachel Weisz, and Jane Fonda in this L’Oréal ad. We also think we see Gerard Butler. But since each person gets about 1.87 seconds of screen time we can’t tell.

I wanna know why they didn’t call me? I AM WORTH IT TOO!!!

Are there just too darn many spokespeople here?

An Original Topmodel and First Naomi Dies

New York, USA – The Future has the sad task of announcing to its dedicated readers the death of the pioneering and legendary American supermodel and cosmetic entrepreneur, Naomi Sims.

Naomi Sims was born on September 20, 1949, in Oxford, Mississippi. To finance her studies while attending the New York Fashion Institute of Technology, she began modeling in 1967 by posing for illustrators. She first made history when on August 27, 1967 as the first African-American woman to get the cover of the "Fashion of Times", a supplement to The New York Times. Thanks to her own initiative, she “obliged” Eileen Ford to accept her onto the models at Ford Models.

In 1968, she again made history by breaking through to Middle America as the first black woman to capture the coveted cover of the Ladies Home Journal. She appeared on the cover of Life Magazine and would capture others including McCall"s, Essence and Cosmopolitan. Upon retiring from the modeling world, she wrote several books and articles and even launched successful ranges of cosmetics and wigs lines of international acclaim.

“Thanks to her proven personal initiatives as a true pioneer, she succeeded in creating a real place for black women in the modeling industry”, says Marcellous L. Jones, Editor-in-Chief at TheFashionInsider.com. “Without her, the careers of others such as Beverly Johnson, Bethanne Hardison, Pat Cleveland and Grace Jones could not have been possible!”

Sims died on Saturday, August 1 of cancer. She was 61. Her Times Fashion Magazine cover and images of her in Life Magazine are still on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.